Ronald Reagan Heroism Essay

Reagan desired to invest in the military, as explained above. But unfortunately a huge mistrust of government was present at the time due to the recent and disastrous loss vietnam war, “the U.S. also paid a high political cost for the Vietnam War. The long and traumatic conflict saw a mounting mistrust of government and its officials [...] On the eyes of American people, government leaders were no longer credible.The military, in particular, was discredited for years after the conflict.” (Alan Rohn 2016) this quotation plainly suggests the mistrust of government and military at the time. Reagan needed to improve public morale and attitude in order to convince the american taxpayers to regenerate the army again. The president did this mostly by using the media, because he used to be an actor and also he was very familiar with the industry. Rambo is an example
There are many heroic similarities between Rambo and Ronald Reagan, for example: “On Reagan's first day in office, the Iran hostage crisis ended. Fifty-three Americans, who had been held in Tehran since November 1979, were released to the United States.”(The Learning Network 2012) this is the first heroic act in Reagan’s presidency, which happened after, many unsuccessful attempts from the former president, Jimmy Carter. He is also credited with the end of cold war and communism.On the other hand, Rambo is shown to be a hero as well. Rambo saves his friend from the cruel russians (01:15:00), he saves innocent afghan women and children in the process(1:17:00), helps the mujahedin forces to defeat the russians in the region and finally he destroys enemy's assets and forces in the region(1:33:00). All examples above are showing a great link between Rambo and Reagan himself. Which is clearly why Rambo is a tool of Reagan’s Ideology, Rambo was made to be a duplicate of Reagan himself and to convey the message of heroism to the